Bee Tree (Tetradium ruticarpum)
蜂蜂树fēng fēng shùFengfengshu
Tetradium ruticarpum · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains alkaloids; may affect heart rhythm; caution with cardiac medications; avoid during pregnancy; limited safety data.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bee Tree for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Abdominal PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Bee Tree does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Heart
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Tetradium ruticarpum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial6 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Digestive21 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Heart6 records, 3 in people
- Abdominal Pain8 records, 4 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome17 records, 5 in people